Compare Cordel vs. Grafana

Cordel is developing an automated and machine learning-driven system for monitoring smart infrastructure. Our solution integrates cutting-edge hardware for data acquisition with a cloud-based software platform that facilitates data fusion, analytics processing, and comprehensive reporting, effectively managing both the data our devices gather and information sourced from various other technologies. Designed to accommodate significant data processing and management demands, our platform features a contemporary and adaptable architecture. We are committed to ongoing expansion and improvement of our technologies, drawing insights from our collaborations with a growing number of clients in the rail industry across the globe. This iterative enhancement process ensures that our offerings remain at the forefront of innovation and meet the evolving needs of our diverse customer base.

Grafana Labs provides an open and composable observability stack built around Grafana, the leading open source technology for dashboards and visualization. Recognized as a 2025 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ Leader for Observability Platforms and positioned furthest to the right for Completeness of Vision, Grafana Labs supports over 25M users and 5,000+ customers. Grafana Cloud delivers the full power of Grafana’s open and composable observability stack—without the overhead of managing infrastructure. As a fully managed SaaS offering from Grafana Labs, it unifies metrics, logs, and traces in one place, giving engineering teams real-time visibility into systems and applications. Built around the LGTM Stack—Loki for logs, Grafana for visualization, Tempo for traces, and Mimir for metrics—Grafana Cloud provides a scalable foundation for modern observability. With built-in integrations for Kubernetes, cloud services, CI/CD pipelines, and OpenTelemetry, Grafana Cloud accelerates time to value while reducing operational complexity. Grafana Cloud also supports OLAP-style analytics through integrations with data warehouses and analytical engines like BigQuery, ClickHouse, and Druid—enabling multi-dimensional exploration across observability and business data. Teams gain access to powerful features like Adaptive Metrics for cost optimization, incident response workflows, and synthetic monitoring for performance testing—all within a secure, globally distributed platform. Whether you’re modernizing infrastructure, scaling observability, or driving SLO-based performance, Grafana Cloud delivers the insights you need—fast, flexible, and vendor-neutral.